The 2026 blue wave could end up washing away the Electoral College. In addition to winning Congress, Democrats won full control of state governments in Arizona, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. That means that a two-decades-in-the-making plan to switch our presidential elections to a popular vote system — a plan 18 states have already approved— […]
With a popular vote system, there’s no such thing as member states. The desire of a state isn’t a factor. The will of the majority of the entire voting populace is the factor. I agree that the needs of the ag economy could be overlooked, but it would be at everyone’s peril. As it stands, we’re instead controlled by the most regressive and xenophobic people in the country who aren’t even a part of any society. I don’t think there’s such a thing as a perfect balance but I can certainly tell one of these scenarios is more fair than the other.